# Maintenance mode not working

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/maintenance-mode-not-working/27052>\
**Category:** SLES Configure-Administer\
**Created:** [May 19, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/maintenance-mode-not-working/27052 "2015-05-19T21:39:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![mikenash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@mikenash](https://forums.suse.com/u/mikenash)\
**Post date:** [May 19, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/maintenance-mode-not-working/27052/1 "2015-05-19T21:39:44Z")

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I am running SLES12 and it seems that when I select the menu item to go into maintenance mode I come up in the default mode.  
I select advance options and then select option 4 for maintenance mode. I expect to get a prompt telling me I am in maintenance mode and to enter the root password. Instead I boot up normally and I am asked for the use and password. Messages after the selection do state that this is the default. This menu was generated automatically. Are there parameters that I can specify to allow this menu to work correctly? What would be required and where would the changes be made?

\*(3) SLES12, with Linux 3.12.39-47-default  
(4) SLES12, with Linux 3.12.39-47-default (recovery mode)  
(5) SLES12, with Linux 3.12.28-4-default  
(6) SLES12, with Linux 3.12.28-4-default (recovery mode)

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Loading Linux 3.12.39-47-default …  
Loading initial ramdisk …  
Performing 'kexec -l /boot/image-3.12.39-47-default  
–initrd=/boot/initrd-3.12.39-47-default

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2015, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/maintenance-mode-not-working/27052/2 "2015-05-25T07:30:17Z")

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